Whether the Fifth Circuit violated this Court's teachings under Buck v. Davis, 580 U.S. 100 (2017) regarding COA, and whether elements or guidelines are required to clarify the undefined term "reasonable jurists"; and whether the court below (as many circuits have heretofore done) is eroding this Court's holding in McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S.Ct. 1500 (2018), granting to the defendant the right to demand his counsel not to concede guilt.

Whether the Fifth Circuit violated Buck v. Davis by summarily denying a certificate of appealability without clarifying the undefined standard of 'reasonable jurists,' and whether the court eroded McCoy v. Louisiana by failing to respect a defendant's right to control his counsel's concession of guilt in closing arguments